Evaluation of presence and functional activity of potentially self-reactive T cells in aged mice

International Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 387-395

  Crisi, Giovanna M ^a   Tsiagbe, Vincent K ^a   Russo, Carlo ^b   Basch, Ross S ^a   Thorbecke, G Jeanette ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Autoimmunity; Extrathymic T cells; TCR V( ) repertoire; Thymic involution

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOOD; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMECTOMY;

AGING; ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOOD CELLS; CD4-CD8 RATIO; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CLONE CELLS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0030069003     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/8.3.387     Document Type: Article

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